BEIJING: China has imposed new restrictions on imports of Norwegian salmon citing fears of a fish virus, Norwegian authorities said on Monday.
As of Monday, Beijing has banned imports of whole salmon from three Norwegian regions amid concerns they carry infectious salmon anaemia (ISA). That ban represents one-fifth of Norway’s salmon exports to China.
For salmon from other regions of the Scandinavian country, Chinese authorities have imposed stricter controls aimed at detecting ISA and pancreas disease.
Norway’s food safety agency was informed by letter of the decision, which it judged to be baseless but which strikes yet another blow to the country’s star export product.
